Rescue operation in progress: over 250 feared dead

Rescue operations are going on the Brahmaputra riverbed to fish out the bodies a day after an overloaded ferry capsized in Dhubri at the height of a storm that lashed the district on Monday.

BSF and NDRF jawans are on an intensified search operation in the middle of the river where over 250 people are feared dead in the world’s one of the largest boat mishap that took place in Dhubri district on Monday. The search operation has been concentrated mainly on Lakhipur ghat in view of the strong current of the river waters.

According to information available with assasmtimes, over 100 bodies were fished out during the last 15 hours whole as many as 250 others are still missing. The exact number of passengers is not known but the eyewitnesses say that over 380 passengers were on the board when the private ferry broke into several parts under the impact of the heavy storm in the midst of the river in between Mederghat and Lakhipur.